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Where is Truth? There is no (ruth in the world Alas, none Truth is strange indeed stranger fiction." Spirit of truth, where art thou? We have wandered far and wide amidst the busy haunts of men, and in the remote and pastoral scenes of rural simplicity, where, as poets sing, reign truth aad innocence;" but alas! even there we found thee not. It is said, "Truth liea hjd in a well." Even there we looked but saw nothing in its lucid stream, but our own sweet face reflected in its waters and, as we stopped and gazed, Narcissus like, upon our own bright form, we deemed that the long lost lost treasure was found and as we tried to grasp it from its watery bed, we found it was but shadowy, unsubstantial nothing we uprose, and smiled at our conceit, and we thought the shadow in the bright waters smiled at ub in scornful dignity, and vanished away. Wo have heard from the old Latin authors that it was to be lound in vino but, although we have industriously got drunk upon all sorts of wines, from one and sixpenny grape to the choicest claret yet, despite of all our exertions, we are as far from thee as ever. We searched for it at the abode of the aristocracy. At its very entrance we found a porter, upon whose well fed, ruddy face, a truth seemed to bo enshrined.

Here, said we, is Truth hut no thejpoet is right, fronla nulla fides. would you believe it, reader? the sole business of that very full, round faced, bonest look ing man, that sat at the threshhold, enthroned in the easiest of chairs, was to tell lies. He was, indeed a villanous liveried falsehood! and he had been for so long a period accustomed to lie, that he ultimately entirely lost all conception of truth. We innocently asked him, Thomas, what is truth 1" when he mournfully shook his head Talk about What is taxes, Thomas," after this 1 Come we to the fashionable lady why, she vrould die if her pastebotrd acquaintance were lest than her dear friend, the countess. Oh, the delight of leaving and receiving those cards 'Whien are meant to express love, anxiety, con dolence, and friendship but which, in reality, expresses nothing less than' a downright highly glazed fib.

Being a lady's case, we call it fib When she visits her noble friend, the card is delivered, and the noble hostess receives her fashiouable guest in a manner so characteristic of dignity and sincerity, that you can scarcely think it possible that each is as careless of the other's welfare as an entire stranger. See with what a sincere smile each greets the other I Mark, they kiss; bur, what a kiss! Why, there is neither health nor warmth in it 1 "How well vou look!" rebounds, as it were, from one to the other, whilst each thinks the other very faded each directs her envious eyes over the other's dress, seeking, like a foernan, to find a vulnerable place in his antagonist's armour; but still, however, the loves and "dears" roll fluently on, and smiie follows smile as unerringly as one wave foUowelh the other. Again the frigid kiss is given, and they with apparent regret, or, in fashionable "tear themselves away from each other's delightful society." Strange infatuation The greatest of men liars are to be found among the parliamentary speakers, who embrace the unwashed mechanic before an election, and who promise to keep an eye on his and his family's future welfare. The mechanic shuts one eye, opens his palm, and rushes to the poll to register himself a liar, and a free and an un bribed voter. The forensic lie is, of all lies, the most difficult, being continually open to contradiction and glaring exposure yet do we see men of learning and repute get up and advocate the cause of one whose only strength of argument is in those ridiculous lies called legal fictions." Another equally gifted individual rises, and covers over with a flood of eloquence the black character of the prisoner, whom he pro nouncea a wronged and an innocent man and calls upon the jury, accordingly, to acquit 'his injured and immaculate client, knowing at the same time he is the greatest villian unhanged still do the serious and solemn looking jurymen, and the magnificent and attentire sedulously take notes of the eloquent falsehoods, and the usher cries out silence," that the lie may be more distinctly heard.

The next most peculiar race of liars are men of imagination, who possess horses outatgrasr, and rifles of unerring quality, which are gone to Twigg's to be greased men wearing a real snooiinz iaeKet, ana who so to Varavesena in the shooting.season to buy game, and bring it to town by a Ions coach. They give a dinner, and are in their glory every bird has an ornamental as well as a natural tale tacked to it and, as ths shots roll out on the plate of their guests, they remember the deceased as one ten brought down in as minutes, with their friend, Lord T. or who has a place in the country, and who never comes to town, and to "Whom, if he did, they would introduce you. ney tie until they deceive themselves, but no one else. Yur auctioneer, perhaps, of all liars, is the jmost inventive.

With what a grace will he a ditch and a tew impeding bricks into run ning water and a waterfall, a glazed wash house and a tew tlower pots into a conservatory, lark's turf into a lawn, a few sickly trees, strengthened by three extra legs, into a wood What a view of the surrounding country does he promise you, if you only go and see it but he never says how far from home. With what lithographic lies does he delude you out of town and how foolish you look, as you try to find in the reality the pictured paradise you hold in your hand Why, the lake wouldn't float a washing tub yet there is a party of pleasure mailing on it in the picture. This man lies uselessly, you think he does not he has always fish to nibble at his poetical lines he sells the reality, and gives the purchaser the remaining picture to send to his friends. The lies of trade are multifarious thousands does. the tradesman utter in the course of the day black and white lies jostle each other in his windows.

Lies stands in gigantic letters at his door posts he pays men a shilling a day to convey his lies on their shoulders. Without a shopman has the power of persuading the public that a base fabric, filled with gum and glut inous mailer, is a sioui, everjastmg est city, and to the holiest man in that city This may appear startling at first sight, but it is true. JNo pope ever sat upon we papai uui without uttering a dsliberate lis, which is known to be so by the devout and worshipful multitude, and every expectant cardinal longs oniy iu uavo the same opportunity of proving himself a most religious liar. Before the pope is invested with the triple crown, for which he has passed a life of watchful ambition, privation, and heartburnings, he must be apparently forced by his brethren to accept of that greatness, which his profession of humbleness and piety should make him re ject he is pressed by surrounding bands to hold that power which has been the great od ject of his life to gain, and utters this deliberate falsehood at the motor the alter, JMoio, i am unwilling. The world is a round Lie.

JBrookljm (ffagk. SATCKDAV EVEIKIfliG, OCT. 7. Arrival of the Orrnt Welern. The steamship fireat Western has just arrived from Liverpool having made the passage in thirteen days and seventeen hours.

There is nothing of sufficient interest to warrant a detention of our sheet beyond the usual time. The Queen and Prince Albert have returned to Windsor, highly gratified with their trip. The new Spanish Government has issued an address to the people. The troubles in Italy continue. At a late repeal meeting Mr.

Connor offered a resolution declaring that until the Parliamentary rights of Ireland were restored, the repealers would pay no tithe, poor rate, or any charge out of land. It was not passed. The anti repeal journals gloat over this occurrence. The Cotton Market continues active. Ditto the provision market.

Vemmol Burned at fbo rurrovr An explosion. The brig Efibrt, Coopman, which cleared on Wednesday for Port Leon, Florida, with a cargo of salt and assorted goods, took fire this morning at the Narrows, about one and a half miles this side of Fort Hamilton, where she was lying at anchor. It broke out under the cabin (which was on deck) and the captain, his wife, mate, anil passengers, had barely time to make their escape with the clothes they had on, and not until they were nearly suffocated with smoke. The crew saved all their clothing Th2 steamboat Wave came to tlu ir assistance from Staten Island, and succeeded in towing the brig ashore but while the crews of both vessels, and about fifty persons from the neighborhood were enjenvoring to extinguish the fire an explosion took place on board the Effort, which shattered her almost to pieces, strewed the decks with rubbish, and blew up a dozen of the party, without, however, seriously injuring any ono except Capt. John K.

Bennett. It was a miracle that some of them were not killed, and the officers are highly censurable for not stating that there was powder on board. One of the stern hooks of the brig weighing between five and six hundred pounds was thrown upon the deck of the Wave, and fell within a foot of half a dozen men. The mate estimates his loss at $600, and it falls with peculiar severity upon him, as he had been out of employment for several months. Shirtimr: or that rW's hair and are is not blessed with the fine perception of selling the faded and shopstained articles at gas light, he is esteemed totally unfit for his situation, ana is discharged accordingly.

be cause, in fact, he is not a good liar. The lover is perhaps the most excusable of all for his delinquencies, lunatics not being answerable for their actions for phi losophers iiave declared that nothing short of absolute insanity could possibly prompt a man to write and rant such rhapsodies as are given vent to during the full moon of his monomania about his Jove lasting as long as the stars shine in the firmament, The object, the cause of all these lies, he clothes with attributes that would be anything but agreeable in possession, such as eyes of fire, marble forehead, pearly teeth, coral lips, honey tongue, voice of the nightingale, Now, to bring a wife home made of such materials would be somewhat inconvenient. Iu finishing the paper, it behoves us to give a thumping example of deliberate and unnecessary lying. To bring this pToperly before the WD uiii go as iar as Home, to the noli Vocal Music in the Public Schools. At a late meeting of the Board of Education, a reso ution was adopted authorizng the appointment of a teacher of vocal music in the public schools, at a salary of 500 and it was referred to the Committee on Teachers, if we recollect aright for we cannot lay our hand upon the paper to select a competent instructor.

We supposed, as a matter of course, that Mr. Norvall the gentleman who was instrumental in draw ing public attention to the subject, and demon strating its practicability and importance by a long course of gratuitous, but eminently successful experiments would have received the appointment but we find, on looking over the proceedings of the Board at its meeting on Tuesday last, that such has not been the case We have no personal acquaintance with Mr.Nor vall, and do not know whether he was desirous of obtaining the appointment or not but if he was, and the committee refused it to him, we cannot but think it an act of gross injustice. For nearly a year Mr. N. had been zealously engaged in teaching the children of the public schools, and for no other recompense than the trifling sums contributed by the children them selves.

He had succeeded, at length, in com manding public attention, and the several concerts, which were given at different times under his auspices, were in proof of his abun dant competency as a teacher. But now, when vocal music has been incorporated into our system of common school instruction, and an adequate compensation set apart for the purpose, the originator of the plan is entirely forgotten, while others step in and usurp the fruits of his labor. Tl i j.uere must, we ininK, nave Been some "management" in this affair; else, why could not the Board have perceived, as well before as after the resolution was adopted, that one teach er could not perform all the service required 1 Is not one person as capable of performing it Perhaps these are questions which we have no right to ask oui we cannot stand patiently by, and witness iwnat seems to us at least) such injustice, without protesting against it. Something is due to Mr. Norvall, and it is not right that he should be jostled aside in order to make room for interlopers.

Such examples have a tendency, moreover, to deter men from makinr personal sacrifices for the public good, and induce them to believe that republics arc ungrateful Suffolk County. The Democratic for this county met at Riverhead on the evening of the 4th instant, and made the following nominations Richard W. Smith and Silas Horton, for the Assembly. The Hon. Joshua B.

Smith was recommended by the convention for Senator from the 2nd District. Samuel B. Miller and Egbert T. Smith, were chosen delegates to the Senatorial Convention, which meets at Newburgh'on the 10th instant. A.

Sketch not It is hard to be poor but to suffer under the double infliction of poverty and vice allied is indeed unfortunate. Could the poverty stricken be induced to appreciate their true position, and learn that a life of virtue is alone the path to happiness, how few would be the short and vicious annals of the poor" which the daily press is constantly called upon to record. Why poverty and crime should so frequently be found companions, we leave for others to decide. We merely wish, in this connection, to present to our readers a scene. It occurred in an apartment whose appearance denoted that it was the residence of a family, and used for the triple purpose of parlour, bedroom and kitchen.

No tidy housewife had exercised her gentle craft in fashioning that distracted room. Though humble, there were, however, the materials for making the place a happy home. The apartment was not destitute of females for there was one seated at either end of a table placed against the wall but neither of them was woman woman in her pure and guileless state, ministering to the wants of a happy circle of children, or preparing a pleasant fireside to greet the advent of a confiding husband when he should return from his daily la bour. Quite a different picture was presented within those gloomy walls. Two females they could neither of them have been beyond the middle age were sitting by a table on which were spread the whole contents of the larder of this wretched eetab lishment, consisting of the ruins of a loaf of bread and a morsel of butter on a dirty looking plate a feast from which the most craving hunger would have turned away in loathing and disgust.

The disorder of the furniture contained in the room was indescribable. On a bed, in one corner, were thrown the tired bo dies of two young children and on the floor, in the middle of the room, was a boy of some six years, all in a state of deep slumber, having been boxed and cuffed by their affectionate mother into the fatigue w.iich brought nature's Eweet restorer" a welcome visitant to their swollen eyelids. The two eldest scions of this hopeful house were yet in the streets, although the evening was far advanced. The weather being chilly, instead of a fire on the hearth, than as nothing more inviting than a number of kettles and other utensils, scattered about in wild confusion. The utter desolation of this scene was made manifest by the dim flickering of an unsnuffed candle inserted iu the neck of a bottle.

One of the females we have alluded to was the mistress of this heart chilling residence, and the other her neighbor, who had called, in the latter part of the afternoon, to have a little gossip and to backbite and misrepresent all who by their sobriety and industry had placed themselves in a more elevated sphere than the one which they occupied. The last shilling in the possession of the hostess had been expended in the purchase of sufficient liquor to fill a large bottle which, now well drained, stood on the table between them; and at the time ourscene opens there they satin a state of maudlin and beastly sociality.so intoxicated that neither could articulate distinctly. A step was heard ascending the stairs. It seemed that of a fatigued and worn out man, and so it proved. The husband and father had returned from his daily labor.

This had been his first day of absence after a fortnight's illness, and having, with great exertion, got through his day's toil, and wended his weary way homeward, he now entered his apartment scarcely able to drag one foot after the other He was a sober, honest and industrious man. and had the confidence of his employer. Such a man deserved a better lot. His eye was not long in taking in the full scope of the scene which opened to his view. "Betsey, I did n't expect to find things so to night at least" he said calmly, sinking down completely exhausted into a chair.

Didn't you," hiccupped his wife, who was just sober enough to feel the force of the re proach, "then you may go where you can fare better and take that with you As she uttered this she raised herself up as well as her condition would permit, and poising herself with one hand hold of the table, with the other she seized the pitcher, and hurled it with uncertain aim in the direction of her husband. Having accomplished this feat, she rolled upon the floor, entirely helpless in her intoxication. The missile struck the object of its aim directly over the eye, and the blood gushed forth over the room. In complete desolation and anguish the broken hearted man wept aloud. We need not write further.

The above scene, as we have before stated, is not an emanation of fancy. It occurred night before last in this city. Coon vention at Flatbush. The Whig delegates held their convention at Flatbush on Thursd last John A. Cross, Esq.

in the Chair; Gerry Martense and A. Van Brunt, V. and Secretaries to match. Their nominations were as follows For Assembly John A. Cross, of Brooklyn, and iSamuel G.

Stryker, of Gravesend for County Clerk, John M. Hicks for Sheriff, Walter Barre; for Coroners, Stedman Wright, Charles B. Ditmas, Gideon C. Austin and Peter Hepburn. Among the re solutions passed, we find one declaring that John Tyler was "tacitly if not positively pledged" to carry out Whig principles, and comparing him with Benedict Arnold, The Captain probably understood them to mean the real Whig principles of '70, (which are very different things from the Bpurious Whir principles of modern times) and acted accor dmuly.

Another resolution reads thus: "Be lieving as wo do, that his (Mr. Clay's) election will secure us a uniform National Currency; Adequate protection to American labour," 1 here it is again a uniform national currency." We are all in favor of that but why cant you say whether you are in favor of a National Bank or not 1 Adequate Protection to American labor." We go that, too. There is loo much non committalism in all this. Gentlemen, show your hands OreeOMraod Cemetery. The officers of this corporation have just is sued a pamphlet of some twenty four pages, comprising an account of all that is likely to interest the public in regard to it.

The lots are sold and conveyed free from all incumbrance, and the proprietors thereof are proprietors of the cemetery. About five hundred lots have already been sold. During the last year very great improvements have been made in the grounds, both by the institution and the proprietors of Jots. A permanent and substantial enclosure has nearly been completed a tasteful rustic lodge for the keeper and his family has been erected, and a rustic tower, with a large and fine toned bell for funeral purposes has been placed in connexion with the lodge, at the entrance. Two additional miles of avenue have been opened, beautifully developing grounds hitherto concealed from view, and giving promise, by what has thus been revealed, that when the remaining ten miles of avenue shall in like manner be opened, new scenes of rural loveliness will be brought to light, of which an adequate conception can at present hardly be formed.

Many beautiful Tombs, Monuments and other embellishments, have been made by proprietors of lots and others, to a very considerable extent, are now in progress, all comparing favorably, it is believed, with those of any other Cemetery in the country." The price of an ordinary Jot containing 300 superficial feet, with an additional foot all round the margin, to be occupied by the railing is 100; but when four lots are taken by one or more persons iu a group, they are sold at jj80 each. Lots can be enclosed with stone posts and chains for $40 each or where four proprietors desire to bring their lots within one enclosure, for $20. Single grave may be purchased in grounds appropriated for that purpose at S10 each for children under 12 years of age, tjj5. This is an excellent arrangement, and will go far to relieve the cemetery of its exclusive character. In death, the king and the beggar should lie down together, and all the distinctions which have obtained in this life should cease at the grave.

We hope the corporation will set apart some beautiful and attractive spot for this purpose. Permanent interments may be procured in tombs for $15. The trustees are empowered by the act of corporation, to expend one half of all the receipts from the sale of lots in beautifying and embellishing the grounds and this, in connection with private liberality and taste, will render Greenwood, at no distant period, one of the loveliest and most enchanting places to bo found in the world. The office of the company is at 4.0 Broadway, Nsw York, where full information can bo had. Some beautiful stanzas, descriptive of this cemetry, are appended to the rules, regulations, but the following, from the pen of Mrs.

L. J. B. Case, are more to our liking, and quite as applicable to Greenwood, as they are to the Lowell Cemetery, to which they were originally applied: "Tis a sweet, quiet spot the very air Is full of solemn peace, that calms all fear And e'en the bird song, in this scene so fair. Comes with a sottened cadence on the ear.

The bee sings low among the summer flowers, And noiselessly the summer wind goes by. And a mild beauty, through the long, bright hours, Seems like a radiance on these craves to lie, Teaching the shrinking soul it may be bliss to die. The dead are round us from yon city's hum All silently to sleep they gather hero In youth, in age, in joy, in grief, they come But the lip wears no smile, the eye no tear. Eternal calm has settled on the brow Once p'ough'd and roughen'd with life's daily care, And the swet flower that waves above it now Whispers the weary spirit sojourns where No trace of mortal wo its heavenly life shall bear. Bring here the dead a holy spell pervades Jtiacn grassy dell ot these dim solitudes, And in these fragrant bowers and green arcades Religion's deepest, purest influence broods Ay.

bring them here, and let the soulless dust Rest where there sounds no jar of canhly strife, Where all things breathe a gentle, heavenly trust, And every bud and leaf with hope is rife, And even death itself speaks of eternal life. Come hither, mourner, and ihy lip shall Jcarn Another song of joy, of prayer and praise, And ihy poor blinded eye at least discern The Wisdom that ordains life's clouded days. Come, for yon seedling teaches that a Care, supreme, Denehcent. guards every hour, That earth's most feeble spirit germ shall share The watchful kindness of Almighty Power, Till it shall bloom above, a bright, eternal flower. Police.

John Voss and Robert Knight each made complaint against the other of an assault and battery, upon the trial of which Knight was acquitted and Voss convicted. They reside in the same house, No. 73 Fulton street, and a difference having taken place in the absence of Voss, between his family and Knight, Voss on his return called upon Knight for explanations. and was ordered by Knight out of his store. He refused to go and commenced an attack upon Knight for which he was fined $4.

The women, dear souls, after originating the affray, left the two, Voss and Knight, to adjust the dif ference by the intervention of the Police Court The Steamboat Explosion on the Mississip pi The New Orleans Diamond of the 28lh says From all the facts that we can gather, the explosion of the boilers of the Clipper was the result of reprehensible criminal negli gence. A negro, totally ignorant of the science of steam, its power and expansive force, had charge of the engine at the time, and we hear that Captain Laurent had expressed a similar belief. The quanity of steam generated must have been enormous, to have caused the explosion of all the boilers. The only parallel case that we remember, was that of the Moselle, on the Ohio, which appalled the nation at the time. Connecticut Election.

The town elections of Connecticut wore held on Wednesday last, and according to the reporls of the New Haven papers, there was a pretty general turn out of the voters. Not a sufficient number of returns have yet come in to determine the precise nature of the result, but as far as the State haB been heard from, there has been a gain since the last year of seven towns to the Democrats. Maryland. Worse and worse. The Whigs have beat us there, and no mistake.

Well, it's of no consequence. The Senate would have been against us anyhow. Kings Oatutty Common Fleas and Oeneral Session. Judge Greenwood, presiding. Friday, Oct.

6th. The People vs. David Olmstead. Defendant is a constable in the town of Williamsburgh, and was indicted for a misdemeanor, being charged with extortion in the exercise of his office, viz in taking 85 more than he wag entitled to from a woman whom he had taken into custody. The circumstances were these, as appeared from the evidence for the prosecution.

Margaret Baxter, who keeps a porter house at 279 Front street, N. was arrested on Sunday, 13th of August last, for being noisy in the streets of Williamsburgh, and was conducted to the cells by the defendant and officer Runcie, under a warrant issued by Justice Par rish. Win. Connor, brother to Margaret, applied to Olmstead to procure her release. This he agreed to do for $6.

The money was accordingly paid, and the prisoner forthwith discharged a man named Watton who resides near her, becoming her bail for $250. Officer Runcie was called for the defence. He told Connor that his sister could get her discharge by giving security and that if they could get any one to become bail, he (Runcie) would agree to negotiate her release if he were paid for his services and fixed on the sum of $5, besides the jail fees, as an adequate com pensation. The money was handed to witness, who immediately gave it to the defendant, then Btanding near, to keep for him until he returned stipulating that if he were not successful, the money should be refunded. After Mar garet's liberation he came back, and he and Olmstead shared the $5.

Witness explained this by saying that it was common among constables to go partners in their receipts, and that a bargain of this nature existed between himself and Olmstead there being no particular agreement that this $5 should be divided between them. Judge Greenwood charged that the service rendered by Olmstead to Mrs. Baxter, i. e. procuring her release from custody under bail, did not appertain to his duties as a constable.

It was a service which any individual might have perlormed and the receipt of the S5 therefor did not come within the definition of extortion as made by the statute. Extortion was properly the taking of more fees than the law allowed, by virtue and under colour of the office held by the person so charged. The jury would therofore determine whether such a charge had been clearly made out. After a short absence the jury returned with a verdict of Not Guilty. N.

B. Morse for the prosecution. Judge Soper for the defendant. Hunt's Merchants' Magazine for October was published two or threo days ago. It contains seven articles on subjects relating to the great commercial interests of the country, viz Sketches of Commercial Legislation, No.

1," by Francis Wharton, of Pennsylvania Impending Revolutions in the Commercial Intercourse of the World," by the Hon. Henry Wheaton, U.S. Minister at lierlin "The Commerce of Cuba," Letter to Cotton Maufac turers," by Henry Lee, of Maritime Law, No. 2," by Alanson Nash, of New York 'Meteorological Observations at Sea, "by James Mease, of and "The Debt and Tariff of Portugal," by F. Wharton, Esq.

In addition to these articles, there are three interesting cases in Mercantile Law, a Commercial Chronicle, commercial regulations and statistics, canal and railroad statistics, mercantile miscella nies, The leading article, on commercial legislation, gives a condensed account, of the chartering of the late Bank of the United States being the plan submitted by Mr. Secretary Dallas, in conformity with President Madison's suggestions, a summary of the principal arguments pro and con, the different amendments rejected and passed, the state of the vote, and the names of those who were most conspicuous in the matter. This article is invaluable to politicians. It is an excellent number. "The Phalanx, oe Journal or Social Science." This is the title of a new journal, which has just been commenced by the advo cates of Social Reform.

It is a neat and well printed octavo, of 16 pages, and is intended to illustrate and enforce the doctrines of Fourier, as modified and adapted to the American people by Messrs. Brisbane, Channing, and other so. cial reformers. The first article is an elaborate exposition of views and principles, and treats of politics, industry, and religion. This we intend to read to morrow evening, after church, when we shall probably be in a more devout and re.

flective state of mind than we are at present. A translation of Fourier's works is likewise commenced and several letters, approbatory and explanatory of association movements, are annexed. The motto of the Phalanx is, Our evils are social not political and a social re form only can eradicate them." Here we take issue, and aver that our social, originate in our political, evils and that a cure of the latter will necessarily involve a destruction of the for mer. Terms, $2 per annum. J.

Winchester publisher. The New Mirror. The number for this week commences a new volume, and is alto gather the richest that has been issued. There is scarcely an item of selected matter in it the entire contents being original translations, stories, sketches, by the editors and their correspondents. Chapman furnishes two of his beautiful and unique designs, which are alone worth half the subscription price for a year.

"Westward, Ho!" an illustration of Gen. Morris's song, is a perfect gem of art. We are glad to learn that the New Mirror receives a degree of favor commensruate with its deserts. The Anglo American. This new journal, we hear, is steadily gaining in public favor, and bids fair to supplant its haughty and ambitious rival.

Its selections are uniformly of the highest order, and the candid and gentlemanly tone of its editorial is worthy of all praise. Those who take an interest in the old English game of Cricket will find the Anglo American an invaluable companion. Not True. The statement in some of the Maine papers, that a child had been killed by one of the lions in the menagerie at Skowhe gan. The horrid accident" was made out of whole cloth.

Canal Tolls and Lockages. Account of Tolls received on all the Oan ils of this State, and of the lockages at Alexander's lock, 3 miles west of Schenectady, to 1st October, viz Tolls 4th week Total Lockages to in to 1st Oct. Oct. 1st 1839 864,555 $1,127,399 16,635 1840 79,860 1,185,281 18,782 1841 85,345 1,432,493 21,309 1842 75,644 1,170,548 14,981 1843 97,759 1,444,832 15,931 Flour and Wheat. Account of flour and wheat arrived at tide water during 47i week in Sept.

Total to 1st Oct. Flour, bbls. Wheat bu. Flour, bbls. Wh.

bu. 1839. .32,917 53,558 432,845 257.633 1840. .80,158 141.138 1,023.500 769,984 1841 .77,443 .73.1 16 1,015,720 353,945 1842. .82,328 85,830 898,1 12 584,162 1843.

102,494 43,028 1,241,851 500,505 Albany Argus. A Meeting on the Ocean. In one of our European papers brought by the Acadia, we find the following account of a meeting of a father and son on the broad Atlantic, after some years of seperation. Both of the ships mentioned belong to Bath, Me, The American ship Rochester, Owen, arrived at Cowes from New Orleans for orders, on the 5th inst, in latitude 47 41 longitude 12 00 W. wind and the ship being close hauled perceived a large ship to windward, steering her due course when after some time and without either of them having altered their course they came close to each other.

It proved to be the American ship South Carolina, from Havre for New Orleans, commanded by Mr. Owen's father, Moses Owen, whom he had not seen for many years. The weather being fine, Mr. Owen had an opportunity to pay a visit to his aged parent, and after a short stay they continued their respective voyages. Dreadful Explosion.

The Albany Eve ning Journal of Thursday evening says "We learn from a passenger who came up last night in the steamboat South America, that a pow der mill, at High Falls, about seven miles west from Cattskill, was blown up yesterday afternoon, about 5 o'clock. There were six persons in the building at the time of the explosion, all of whom were blown to atoms. Some 300 kegs of powder are said to have been in the mill when the accident occurred. The foreman was indisposed, and the person having charge of the packing and drying bouse is supposed to have been intoxicated. The report of the explosion excited considerable alarm at Cattskill, many persons taking it for an earthquake.

A similar accident occurred at the same place three or four years ago, when four persons were killed." Indian Fight in the Cherokee Nation. The information from the Cherokee Indians, several weeks since, was to the effect that there were serious aifficulties between the two par ties ot that nation, it was even st ited that there bad been a collision but this was denied, and all was supposed to be quiet. We now have nteliigonce direct. The Postmaster at Van Huron indorses on the way bill of the 17th inst. hat a gentleman had just arrived form the Cherokee county, and informed him that a fight had taken place between the two parties, and hat John Koss, on one side, and Jack Bell an other chief, on the other, had been either kil led or mortally wounded; iv.

O. Com Bui. Sevl. 28. fCTThe Hon.

David Henshaw, Secretary of the Navy, has been, for several days, so much indisposed as to be conhned to hiB room. His illness, however, we understand, is not of a nature to create apprehension among his friends, both numerous and devoted, in the city. We doubt not we shall be gratified to announce his convalescence in a day or two. Madisonian of of Thursday. Offical.

On Monday last, the Count Albert Lupi de Montalto exhibited his credentials as Charge d'Affairs of his Majesty, the King of Sardinia, to the Secretary of State, by whom he was subesquently presented ot the President lb. Melancholy Death. Mr. Elliot Hiffeins, well known as a master rigger, was thrown from his carriage yesterday afternoon, by the horses running away, and becoming entangled in tne reins, was dragged several blocks over the pavement. When taken up, life was nearly extinct, and he expired in a short time afterward Plebeian.

Seventh Senate District. We learn from the Cayuga Patriot, that the convention held at East Cayuga, on the 3d unanimously nominated Albert Lester of Ontario, as the democratic candidate for the Senate. Alb. Argus. BilOOKXYiV IJlBEBNACLE, AT THE CORNER OF FULTON AND PINEAPPLE STREETS.

Rev. M. Rayner, lorni'jrly of tho Episcopal Church, will officiate morning and afternoon of to morrow. In the evening, Rev. A.

C. Thomas will review that part of Dr. Cox's late letter in which he denominates Universalism a lie." o7 THE HED1C1L BOC1ETV OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS. EJ A Quarterly Meeting of the Kings County Medical Society will be held at Mr. Marsh's room, Lyceum building, on Monday, the 9th instant, at 3 o'clock P.

M. By order. o7 2t BRADLEY PARKER, Secretary. UNITED 1UISH BEPEAIi AMSOCIAT'IV OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN. ET An adjourned meeting of the United IriBh Repeal Association of the city of Brooklyn will bo held at the City Hotel, Fulton street, on Monday evening, the 9th instant, at 8 o'clock.

Several distinguished speakers will address the meeting. By order. P. H. Lennon, o7 2t Edw.

Harvey, sec 5' To the Democratic Republican Electors of be Coauljr of Jtiugs: 0 At a meeting of the Democratic Republican Standing Committee for the County of Kings, held at the City Hotel, No. 1G3 Fulton street, on Thursday, tho 5th instant, it was Resolved, Tiiatn County Convention bo held at the house of Mrs. Schooitmukcr, the village of Flatbush, on Tuesday, the 17th clay of October instant, at 2 o'clock P. for the purpose of nominating members of Assembly and County officers and that it be recommended that meetings bo held in the several Wards and Towns in the County on Thursday, the 12th instant, for the purpose of choosing the usual number ol delegates to said Conven. tion.

On motion, Resolved, That the proceedings of tho meeting bo published in tho Brooklyn Eagle and Williamsburgh Democrat. TUNIS G. BERGEN, Chairman. Thomab J. Gerald, Secretary.

0g WANTED A woman to do the work of a small family. Satisfactory reference; required. Apply at No. 95 Front slroU. o5 6t.